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chameleon schemaed adj. Sharpened by drink into confidently designing an unnamed system, then insisting everyone else belongs to it. Georgenna became chameleon schemaed and drafted rules for the queue without identifying its purpose. chameleoned (/kəˈmi.li.ənd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who changes position continually, then projects a decision across the table with unreasonable confidence. Temaria got chameleoned and revised the restaurant choice whenever another menu appeared. chamelied adj. Loosened by drink into fragrant persuasion, making every proposal sound sweet and immediately necessary. Ervinas got chamelied and persuaded the group that jasmine belonged in the taxi. chameloted adj. Slowed by drink to the deliberate pace of a person explaining wool and silk to an uninterested goat. Autra got chameloted and spent twenty minutes describing the cloth's fibres to a patient terrier. chamerophyted adj. Emboldened by drink to stand just above the ground and make decisions with roots still firmly elsewhere. chametsed adj. Sufficiently drunk to treat every crumb on the kitchen worktop as forbidden leaven. Branesha was chametsed, inspecting the toaster for prohibited crumbs after supper. chametzed (/həˈmɛtsd/) adj. Having drunk enough to regard ordinary bread as contraband and hide it behind the kettle. Arrietty became chametzed and moved the loaf from the table to the cupboard. chamfered (/ˈʃæm.fəd/) adj. Having drunk more than enough to round every sharp domestic disagreement at the edges. Nakaiya was chamfered and softened the argument by offering everyone another biscuit. chamferered adj. You have drunk enough to treat the kitchen tool drawer as a cabinet of precision instruments. Ashle got chamferered, selecting a small tool to improve the breadboard's finish. chamferinged adj. You are drunk and smoothing the household's sharp edges, including those of the furniture. Allise was chamferinged, rounding off complaints with cushions and warm milk. chamfrained adj. Describing a drinker who has armoured the face against the perils of the kitchen. Heathre was chamfrained, approaching the refrigerator with a baking tray over the face. chamfreined adj. A drinker who has equipped the head for battle with a cushion and a colander. Michiel was chamfreined, advancing towards the sofa beneath a colander. chamfreted adj. Of a drinker: reduced to tracing little grooves through spilled water on the table. Ritchy was chamfreted, drawing channels through the condensation beside his glass. chamfronned (/ˈt͡ʃam.fɹənd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the mixing bowl has become a helmet for the journey to bed. Gioconda was chamfronned, wearing the mixing bowl while being guided towards the sofa. chamided adj. Reduced by drink to a slow, hinged creature sheltering beneath the kitchen table. Guin was chamided, opening and closing one hand beside the abandoned supper. chamigraned adj. Softened by drink into a complicated spiral on the sofa, with no clear route to bed. Madalinn was chamigraned, turning slowly among cushions while locating the remote.